The document discusses the present perfect tense (PPT) in English. It provides examples of its use including to indicate unfinished time periods or actions that began in the past and continue in the present. It also discusses the use of adverbs like already, yet, ever, and never with the present perfect tense. Key uses of PPT covered are indefinite time, unfinished time, experiences, continuous actions, recent actions and lifetime experiences.

1. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE ( P.P.T.)

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5. The formula of P.P.T. is this : Have ______________ Has Past participle + They have been to N.Y. She has eaten frog´s leg. You haven’t studied a lot.

12. Indefinite Time I have been to New York. ( When ?? ) She has eaten frog´s leg. ( When ?? )

15. SINCE FOR I have studied here since 1.999. I have studied here for 5 years.

16. PRESENT PERFECT + for, since Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its starting point , with since + a point in time . Since + a point in time: since this morning, since last week, since yesterday, since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock .

17. SINCE I’ve ridden a bike since I was a child. I’ve ridden a bike since I was 12.

19. Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its duration, with for + a period of time. For + a period of time: for six years, for a week, for a month , for hours, for two hours .

20. FOR They’ve been married for 1 year. They’ve dated for 3 years.

23. I’VE STUDIED ENGLISH SINCE... FOR.... .

25. JUST I have just finished my exercise. He has just had lunch.

27. This / Today They are used to identify a time that began in the past and hasn’t finished yet.

28. I have watched “ Harry Potter ” this year. She has seen Tony this weekend. I have been to school today . Today she has studied a lot.

29. I went to school this morning. I have gone to school this morning. Which one is correct? ?

30. BOTH are correct !! I went to school this morning. ( now is more than midday, the morning has already finished !!) I have gone to school this morning. ( now is still morning, it hasn’t finished yet !!)

31. J ust E ver A lready N ever S ince F or Y et Pay attention to these words :

32. YET Have you taken a shower yet ? No, I haven’t taken it yet . INTERROGATIVE YET NEGATIVE

34. ALREADY I have already taken a shower. AFFIRMATIVE ALREADY INTERROGATIVE

39. Have you already eaten lobster? No, I haven’t eaten it yet . Have you eaten shrimp yet ? Yes, I have already eaten it. MD

40. EVER NEVER Have you ever ridden a horse? I have never ridden a horse.

42. Have you ever seen a witch? No, I haven’t. I’ve never seen a witch.

43. Have you ever sung in a choir? Yes, I have.

47. To fail - failed - failed

48. To dance - danced - danced ballet

49. To drive - drove - driven

50. To have - had - had

51. To fly - flew - flown

52. To receive - d - d a love letter

53. Chess set To have - had - had

54. wallet To find - found - found

55. To lose - lost - lost Something valuable

56. And there are more words... Lately / Recently / for a while I haven’t seen him lately . She has practiced tennis recently . You haven’t tried it for a while .

57. ... and more , Once / twice / 3 times / 4 times / etc. We have fought once . He has traveled to Chicago twice . I have had a cold 3 times this year.

70. Simple Past or Present Perfect

72. Compare these sentences

84. Let’s Practice

93. Write down the sentences. Use present perfect. Example: Snoopy / climb / onto his house. Snoopy has climbed onto his house. 1 Brian / play / football 2 Susan / read / her new book 3 I / find / some money in the street 4 Mr and Mrs Baker / have / an accident

94. 5 Tom Davis / win / the volleyball match 6 Alison Brown / lose / the swimming match 7 Mr Martin / make / breakfast for the boys 8 The girls / bring / some wood for the fire 9 The Snows / buy / a van for their holidays 10 Mrs Black / wash / the dishes

95. 11 The dog / eat / bone. 12 Fred / write / a letter. 13 The singer / sing / a song. 14 My friend and I/ meet/ the famous actor. 15 Titanic / sink / in the ocean. 16 The teachers / teach / the lesson. 17 The players / play / recently. 18 The cat / scratch / the sofa. MD

96. SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

97. 1. I ______________a great film yesterday. (see) 2. ________________a new car? (you ever buy) 3. Sue ______________the flu last winter. (have) 4. A few days ago we ______to his uncle. (drive) 5. They ____ bingo Wednesday afternoon. (play) 6. _________the bus to get there. (already take) 7. Last week my rabbit ___________away. (run)

98. 8. We ________________a lot last Sunday. (do) 9. ___________________to India? (she ever be) 10. I _______________him last Monday. (meet) 11. She __________________yet. (not wake up) 12. I _______her since last Thursday. (not meet) 13. Bob _______________well last night. (sleep) 14. I _____a letter from her two days ago. (get) 15. They ________ in Germany. (already arrive)

99. EXERCISES P.P.T. SINCE - FOR

100. 1 I haven't been to Italy____________ 10 years. 2 She has lived in Paris _____________January. 3 Jim has studied__________ three hours. Now he is tired. 4 My friend has been ill __________a long time. 5 I haven't seen him____________ Easter. 6 He hasn't had a holiday __________last summer.

101. 7 The pilots have been on strike___ two months. 8 We've had terrible weather ________Saturday. 9 I've known Tom __________1990. 10 He hasn't done any work _________a month. 11 We have had this car _________1998. 12 We have been here __________ two hours.

102. 13 She hasn't written _________Christmas. 14 Carol hasn't eaten meat ___________ages. 15 We worked in his office _______three years. 16__________ how long have they lived here? 17 Nobody has seen him _________ last Friday. 18 It has been foggy ___________ some days.